The Review Journal is to Nevada as The Boston Globe is to New England. Our subscription started a few days ago and while it’s not quite high-quality journalism, reading it is a good way to get quickly up-to-speed with local issues.

This morning, I turned to the frighteningly prominent gossip section and read a piece about how imported Kobe steaks served at pricey restaurants on the Strip can cost up to $190. I thought this worth mentioning to Lee, but it’s not exactly earth-shattering news given that Kobe beef costs around $100/lb in Japan. For those who don’t know, real Japanese Kobe beef comes from exclusive ranches where each cow is massaged daily and given a beer-enriched diet (and land isn’t exactly found aplenty in Japan). Supposedly, and I say this having eaten only Oregon Kobe beef (which I hear isn’t quite the same), it makes for incredibly tender and tasty meat.

The strange thing is that I checked the Drudge Report this morning and was suprised to find this gossipy meat article as its main headline. It’s well known Drudge doesn’t represent journalism at its best, but I have to wonder what makes this man think that something is newsworthy. Has he seen the prices at Per Se?

I have a feeling the RJ is linked to frequently by Drudge, so I’ll be keeping an eye out for this sort of thing.

Correction: Typo in headline fixed. Thanks, Liam M.